As a perfectionist, this warms my heart. Thank you Enya for teaching me that you don't have to be great at what you do, but can still make a shitload of money from it.
hey, shut your mouth - read her wiki page and tell me that she's not great at what she does
Hey you, be off wit' you now, Sail away... Sail Away... Sail Away
Small spaces are underrated. If you live in a place thst big you have to walk far to do anything.
Yeah, but think how much the kitties love running around and owning the biggest space any kitties have ever ruled.
Only the necessities and enough room for a couple hobbies. Or family. I do think nature needs to be near enough for emotional grounding and connection.
I just want to point out that castles are not quite as unattainable a residence as they sound like they are. It turns out they're very cheap because nobody really wants European castles anymore, they want bland corporate buildings instead.
The Effective Altruism movement got a lot of flak for using donations to purchase a castle for holding conferences, but when they did the math they found it was just more cost effective than any other option.
The running cost on the other hand...
your think three running cost of a cabin are cheaper? look at Baba Yaga
I know nothing about architecture, but I imagine that the operating costs of a castle are very low given that they're basically just a big rock.
Same problem as churches. The roof costs are astronomical, both internal and external aspects of the roof. The castle will have 2000 windows, all of which will need regular maintenance and because it's a castle, the tradespeople will be more expensive. The hidden costs are the killer here.
The reason they are "cheap" to buy is all the maintenance cost indeed.
But not only that, they are also under what we call monumenten zorg in the netherlands, basically making it near impossible to make any big changes to the building. So for example you are not replace the original windows for ones with double glazing.
Owning a castle or any really old building in Europe sound more appealing than it really is.
Next time someone tells me "you wouldn't want to live in one of those old castles" I'll show themthis.
I own a house [^1]. It's of an age, and we've had to replace the windows and doors, and the roof. With that cost, we could have bought a second, smaller house. I once had a house on a road that was lined with a stone wall; every property owner was responsible for their part of the wall. Some just let it collapse into a shitty looking pile of rocks; the rest of us paid exorbitant mason prices to maintain their walls.
I look at castles, and the first thing I wonder is how far £91M will really go when the roof needs to be replaced, when the mortar needs re-pointing, when it needs to be heated in winter, when the plumbing needs fixing. £91M is a nice chunk of change; it doesn't seem like as much when a castle is involved.
[^1] a bank lets me live in a house that it owns while it extracts interest payments from me.
Even in an English Victorian property this is a concern for me and is preventing me from pulling the trigger on buying one. 3 Chimneys you say? Splayed bay windows each with five sides? Ageing roof, repointing, mold, and the rest. But oh my god, the original fireplaces, the staircase, the split floors, and "that" feeling you get when you walk in to a house that welcomes you as you enter.
Will I ever achieve this dream? Who can say? 🤷 Only time.
According to the same submission, Manderley Castle sits at 1300.336 sq. meters, or approximately 14,000 sq. feet in combined floor space.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manderley_Castle
Honestly that doesn't seem like a lot for someone who's second best selling artist in a country (behind U2).
Would have been cooler if she lived alone in a reasonably-sized and energy efficient house instead tbh
I would keep the castle, but turn off the heating in all but 3 insulated rooms and live in the area I needed. Might even open up the rest of it for tourists.
Castles are famous for their zoned HVAC lol
They're called fireplaces
I think if you can afford to own a $91M castle, you can probably afford the installation of whatever climate control systems you desire.
Go the James Blunt route:
The constant Whoooooosh as the wings/sails turn would be an instant 'no'.
i mean her music is fire
and she's cool as fuck
but i don't want to hoard wealth
i would honestly hoard cats though if i had a castle that's fire
Can you imagine how often you'd lose your cats though in a castle that big. I lose mine in a two bed house, a castle would provide ample opportunity for them to disappear into another dimension never to be seen again until they're hungry.
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